Red Wines
Tastings, reviews and insights on the best Italian and international red wines.
Terrazas Reserva Malbec 2009: a Glass of Argentina
Terrazas Reserva Malbec 2009: when great wine comes from the New World I am Italian and very attached to my country, despite everything, despite its contradictions, its flaws, its political class and many other negative aspects of our nation...
Nocturne by Robinot: Natural as the Pineau D'aunis
The Loire Valley, a beautiful gem of French territory, offers one of the richest and most enviable cultural heritages in the world! Imposing castles set amid breathtaking verdant landscapes are made even more evocative by their magnificent architectural features...
Valter Bosticardo: the Savior of Gamba di Pernice
We have already talked about that red-berried gem that has now become a rarity: the Gamba di Pernice. The vine that survived phylloxera and other hardships has arrived exhausted and worn out in our times, and efforts are being made to save it, though a greater push would be needed to enhance its nectar...
A Weekend Trip: Heading to Sagrantino di Montefalco
THE SAGRANTINO DI ROMANELLI Another opportunity has arrived to make a small escape from the daily monotony and take advantage of days off work for a weekend away from the region. From Tuscany I decide to head to Umbria, direction...
A table red (but not only)
All of us somehow drawn to wine, to wines, would love to visit the places where they come to life. To speak with the people who bring them into being, to walk through the vineyards where the clusters ripen, to see the cellars where the musts ferment and the local...
Amarone in Villa Tasting
On Thursday 23/01/2014, in the enchanting setting of Villa de Winckels in Tregnago, the 4th edition of Amarone in Villa took place. Dal Forno, Allegrini, Bertani, Speri are just some of the most prestigious names present at this edition, which saw...
Fiorano Rosso: how the wine that no longer existed has evolved
I attended a tasting of the wines from Tenuta di Fiorano organized by Athenaeum at the Hotel St. Regis in Rome. Prince Alessandrojacopo Boncompagni Ludovisi told us about the main events in the family estate's history, presenting the winery's current production – along with a special surprise...
Monte di Grazia Rosso IGT Campania: in the face of phylloxera
The Azienda Agricola Monte di Grazia was founded in 1993 to carry on those "family" vineyards and to let us enjoy the privilege of drinking excellent wines! Almost immediately, in 1997, the winery obtained an organic certification and would continue to work as the old farmers did: using stable manure as fertilizer and copper sulfur against downy mildew and powdery mildew...
Not Just Amarone: We Taste Corvina Castelforte
Veneto is a magnificent region, full of fantastic and welcoming people and excellent wines. The prejudices that grip this corner of Italy are truly many: from the idea that Veneto only thinks about work, to the stereotype of the racist Veneto – and even when it comes to wines, some people only talk about Amarone and Prosecco, or at most Ripasso...
Discovering Private Label Wines: Le vie dell'uva Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Today we continue our brief journey discovering Private Label wines. Our attention has long been captured by the brand: "Le vie dell'uva". It is a brand created by the commercial group Selex, always very attentive...
Discovering the Cannonau wines of Giuseppe Sedilesu
The people, the production methods, the company philosophy and the desire to stand out by returning to origins, enhancing the territory and focusing on native varieties (even overlooked ones like Granazza) sparked our interest in Cantina Giuseppe Sedilesu...
Egiale Primitivo 15.5 – The Warmth of a Wine and a Friendship
Wine evokes memories, like everything that engages the senses of smell and taste. Often a wine takes on a special flavor precisely because of the context and the affection that can bind us to it. One such case I tell today. Mahmūd Shabistarī s...